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  • New Raiders ready for football action

    Coviello plans to spread the field with youth By: Rudy Brandl        Most things will be new when the Hillsborough High football team lines up for the 2006 season.    First-year head coach Vinnie Coviello will ask several varsity rookies to execute a different offense that likely will make fans wonder if they’re at a Hillsborough…

  • Letters to the editor

    School officials should listen more carefully To the editor:     I hope Mayor Stu Fierstein called school board Kathryn Wolden to tell her his opinion of the site consideration of the middle school on Ellisdale and Breza roads. That is the job of a good citizen, to act in the best interest of taxpayers.    It…

  • On Point

    Old school habits By: Linda McCarthy    This time of year always gets my stomach in a knot. Ever since I was a kid I hated the summer to end. I was a good student but school was not for me. Of course that was in the good old days. I went to a Catholic school…

  • POST FORUM: Back to school

    POST FORUM: What advice do you have for local students as they head back to school today (Thursday)? What advice do you have for local students as they head back to school today (Thursday)?

  • Firefighters prepare for Sept. 11 services

    Hillsborough Volunteer Fire Co. No. 2 will hold a memorial service on Sept. 11 to honor the firefighters who gave their lives and the people they were trying to save. By: Charlie Olsen    Monday marks the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in…

  • HoVal looks for replacements

    Bulldogs lose 14 from Central Group III championship team. By: Mike Molaro    The Hopewell Valley Central High School boys’ soccer squad that takes the field late in the year may bear little or no resemblance to the team that hosts West Windsor-Plainsboro North in its season opener tomorrow.    Coming of a 17-3-3 campaign in which…

  • Cardinals aim to boost intensity

    GIRLS TENNIS By: Tim Falls    The Lawrence High School girls varsity tennis team wants to increase its intensity.    New varsity coach Mick Cimorelli wants his players to contend in each match.    Lawrence is scheduled to open its season with a game against Notre Dame at 4 p.m. today at Mercer County Park .    Even before…

  • Lady Raiders set to open it up

    Wyble wants more shots, goals in 2006 By: Rudy Brandl    Moving players forward and generating more scoring chances will make the Hillsborough High girls’ soccer team fun to watch this fall.    The Lady Raiders have been very successful the past few years, but sixth-year head coach LeeAnn Wyble has decided to implement a new attack…

  • Parents flunk pop math quiz

    The exasperated adults were attending a special information meeting to introduce them to a new math curriculum for Hillsborough’s sixth through eighth grade students. By: Donna Lukiw    The looks of exasperation and confusion among the group trying to solve a typical math problem weren’t unexpected for Joanne Krause, but she encouraged them to work through…